"No" means ...

[rowyn]

Lut: What part of phnglui mglw'nafl Cthulhu r'lyeh w'gah nagl fhtagn don't you understand?

Rowyn: The "phnglui mglw'nafl" and "w'gah nagl fhtagn" parts.

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[nkcmike.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[jordangreywolf.livejournal.com]

Oh! What unrelated coincidence! I recognize that horse! (I just had to draw a map of "Uffington Castle" and the surrounding area this week for a last-minute project.)

[nkcmike.livejournal.com]

You made me curious about Uffington Castle. Not much "castle" left is there?

[jordangreywolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah. And by what I read, it looks like there never was - it only had a bunch of wooden posts and a few piled rocks at some point, it's supposed. Kind of like "Star Fort" (which I've visited, since it's near my wife's home town) in Ninety-Six, South Carolina. "Castle" seems a bit off. More like "Uffington Mound" or "Uffington Big Lump of Dirt." But "Castle" does sound a lot more interesting for the tourists, I'm sure!

[rowyn]

"Uffington Big Lump of Dirt" -- now that's catchy! Heeheehee. :)

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[koogrr.livejournal.com]

Well I think it translates as...

"In Sunken R'lyeh Great Cthulhu doth lie,
something, something... even death can die"

... though I'm not sure. Maybe a 'Stars are right' is in there someplace.

Re: ... ?

[rowyn]

I thought it was something like "In R'lyeh great Cthulhu lies, dead but dreaming". Wikipedia says it's "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming". But I don't know what the various words mean other than Cthulhu and R'lyeh. :)

Re: ... ?

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

Cthulhu fthagn is 'Cthulhu waits', I think. It was used separately at some point.

Re: ... ?

[rowyn]

I know "Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fthagn!" is another cultist chant, but not what it means. "Waits" sounds plausible.

I read a whole bunch of Lovecraft stories at one point, and never did manage to hit on any Cthulhu ones. I actually don't much like his writing. Possibly because he was a racist jerk and it gets to me after a while. >:)

Re: ... ?

[bikerwalla.livejournal.com]

That is not dead which can eternal lie;
And with strange æons, even Death may die.

Who ya gonna call?... Cthulhu.

[bikerwalla.livejournal.com]

(Slimer And) The Real Ghostbusters had an awesome Cthulhu episode.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=950452

Re: Who ya gonna call?... Cthulhu.

[rowyn]

I need to remember to take a look at this when I get home. I hated Slimer, but I always did have a weakness for that cartoon otherwise ....

Re: Who ya gonna call?... Cthulhu.

[bikerwalla.livejournal.com]

When I realize it had Maurice LaMarche playing Egon Spengler and that dude who did Garfield's voice in the cartoon playing Peter Venkman, I realized it was a lot better than it had a right to be.

(then Bill Murray gave his voice to the movie Garfield and completed the circle. Now if only Harold Ramis voices the Brain in the inevitable horrible CGI movie remake of P&tB.)

Re: Who ya gonna call?... Cthulhu.

[rowyn]

The DVD of "Ghostbusters" that I rented a year or two back had a few episodes from the cartoon on it. I watched them and, sadly, they were not as good as I remembered. Still, I have fond memories. "Good for a Saturday morning cartoon" is not a high bar to clear.

Re: Who ya gonna call?... Cthulhu.

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

I didn't watch it much, but every time we're playing an RPG and get a choice between three doors, and the thing we're looking for is behind the first one we pick (or they all go to the same place), Murdock quotes it.

"And behind door number three is... door number one!"